San Luis Obispo County added 315 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 15,929 confirmed cases as of Jan. 19.
Health officials say 53 people are hospitalized. Another 2,443 people are recovering at home and health officials say 12,923 people have recovered.
San Luis Obispo County reports that 15 of the 38 licensed ICU beds and county staff are currently occupied. Seven of them are taken by COVID-19 patients.
The county also added an additional death, bringing the total to 136 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Breakdown of cases by location:
- Paso Robles – 3,145
- San Luis Obispo – 2,846
- California Men’s Colony (inmates): 2,142
- Atascadero – 1,396
- Rierol Gran – 1,144
- Nipomo – 1,123
- Grover Beach – 679
- Ocean – 549
- Templeton – 465
- Sant Miquel – 398
- The Bears – 351
- Cal Poly (campus residents): 324
- Morro Bay – 319
- Pismo Beach – 253
- Atascadero State Hospital (patients) – 187
- Cambria – 133
- Shandon – 118
- Santa Margarida – 104
- Creston – 65
- Cayucos – 55
- Avila Beach – 26
- San Simeó – 13
The location of an additional 85 cases is being investigated and another nine are listed as “other,” which includes communities with less than five cases. The Department of Public Health does not identify these locations.
COVID-19 community test sites are currently open to the public in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Grover Beach and Nipomo.
Appointment required at all locations. Click here to make an appointment.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit readyslo.org.